Beating Those We Despise (Session 304)

SESSION 304: Wandering Mayhem 

The dungeon hates you and punishes those in it’s corridors.

 

Day 270 Continued (Dwarven outpost): The other chest was mundane. Rhags smashed it nonetheless with his Warhammer. Spilling forth thousands of coins and a couple now busted items. They realized that carrying capacity was a limiting factor. A few handfuls of the electrum portion were grabbed but the rest would have to wait. After a brief rest they moved further down the corridor. Coming to a door and a passage descending into darkness. They were about to choose the door but the dungeon had other ideas. Biff elected to shine his lantern back down the corridor at the right time. He caught shadows. Moving. With many legs. On the ceiling. 

Creeping silent as death a host of giant crab spiders. 

They were not surprised but still the arachnids were able to drop into their midst. 

Their job was to distract from the second line and they succeeded. 

As our gang engaged the attackers a pair of half spider half man things charged the line. 

The spiders did their job of interrupting spellcasting as the man-spiders attempted to break down the front-line. The battle raged for longer than expected. The deep dwellers could not gain the upper hand. Man-o-man did we try…One by one spidery opponents began to fall and then there was none.

The freaks were kind enough to be carrying a bunch of gems. Reasonable pay was the consensus.

Returning to the door Rhags cautiously opened it. They were at the backend of a dimly lit musky and smoky chamber. He could see the backside of a throne upon a podium and deep guttural voices. The sources unseen. Quickly dimming their lights they fell back quietly closing the door. 

Round one of deliberations.

Many things were proposed a single operation engaged.

BoB, silent as death, crept into the chamber. Scaling the back wall and then blending into the darkness of the shadowy ceiling 20’ up. She was able to observe the working of the throne room. It was trolls. A boss in the throne along with a champion and four mooks. Whatever they were discussing was gibberish to her ears. Falling back she did her silent best to describe the situation to the gang. Once it was all done even Steve realized it was preposterous that she had no writing implements, “Why doesn’t she even have a stick of chalk? She does not talk for crying out loud!”. 

Round two of deliberations.

Almost something, but nope.

Round three of deliberations

Maybe, we shall find out soon…

 

The D-Team: Ding-We, Rhagnar, Steve, Chung-Li, Mason, Biff & BoB

 

ROLECALL 

Hobo Steve the Lord (F9) 339875 xp +5% <360,001> CRT 1d24/V

            Brain Damaged: reduced mental capacity (tough night on the town)

Rahgnar the Dwarven Superhero (D8) 247098 xp <280001> CRT 1d20/IV

            Serious wound: permanent loss of an eye (-1 to missile fire)

            Critical Wound: disembowelled less able to process poison (-1 penalty)

            Missing thirteen teeth         

Ding-We the Peg-Legged Wizard (W10) 529123 xp +10% <620001> CRT 1d10/I

            Critical Wound: Left leg obliterated, runs at ½ rate (peg required)

 

            The Henchmen

Biff Bartley the Half-Orc Blackguard (HO7) 109529 <120000> +5% CRT 1d12/II

‘BOB’ the Deadly Shade (N7) 71726 <90000> +5% CRT 1d16/II

Mason the Lama of Yrrrg. (C7) 84859 <100001> CRT 1d10/III

Chung-Li the Myrmidon Warlock (E6) 109721 xp <120000> +10% CRT 1d8/II

 

RESERVES

Elapsed Campaign Time

743b days at beginning of session (Boris & Friends just outside of Liwil)

689a (Bunny Group Newville) Busy until 779

711d (Ding-We Gang Lake of Abominations/ Liwil)

 

Join us for session Three-Hundred-and-Five when we ask the questions:

How are we going to address this gross of trolls?

Where does that passage lead?

Is it almost time for more random mayhem?

What are those trolls talking about?

How much loot are we going to leave behind?

How did we ever get rich?

Once again, how deep is this dungeon?

Tale of the Tape

No ticker today… Well we did learn that smashing things can wreck the contents therein. Maybe that is something.

BoB also continues to have challenges firing missiles into melee. Rhag’s ass really is becoming a pin cushion.

KILLS

Giant Crab Spiders (6) 

Driders (4) 

LOOT

xxxx sp awaiting collection

xxxx ep awaiting collection

Gems (8): 2810